IWLA Webinar Series - Exploring the ‘Community-of-Communities’ Within and Beyond Transboundary Waters Through a Normative Lens: International Water Law in Times of Polycrisis
Webinar #1: The Community-of-Communities at the State-State Level
March 13th, 9:00-10:30pm Beijing Time
The first session features:
Ana Maria Daza Clark, University of Edinburgh
Exploring the ‘community-of-communities’ within and beyond transboundary waters through a normative lens – international water law in times of polycrisis
David J Devlaeminck, Chongqing University; UNU-CRIS
Looking beyond the ‘watercourse’: reconceptualizing key norms of the law of international watercourses as obligations erga omnes
Agnes Chong, Chinese University Hong Kong
‘Community-of-communities’ as substantive and procedural fairness in international water law
Owen McIntyre, University College Cork
Solidarity and community interests in international environmental and natural resources law
Moderator: Patricia Wouters, International Water Law Academy
Webinar #2: How to Implement the Community-of-Communities?
April 21st, 9:00-10:00pm Beijing Time
The second session features:
James D Fry, University of Hong Kong
The centrality of riparian community interests in ICJ adjudication of bilateral water disputes
Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Northumbria University
Collaborative versus adversarial approaches to addressing transboundary water disputes – what do implementation committees have to offer?
Heping Dang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
States’ extraterritorial duty towards the right to water: balancing sovereignty and community at the transboundary water basin level
Moderator: David J Devlaeminck, International Water Law Academy & UNU-CRIS
Webinar #3: The Community-of-Communities Across All Levels
May 21st, 9:00-10:00pm Beijing Time
The third session features:
Jinpeng Wang, Ocean University of China
Collaborative governance and conflict management in transboundary protected areas for watercourses: insights from marine protected areas beyond national jurisdiction
Milena Oravcová, Northumbria University
Legal foundations for public participation on international watercourses: the case of the Ili River
Mohamad Mova Al’Afghani, Center for Regulation, Policy and Governance
Potential contribution of the water tenure approach to the implementation of international norms applicable to river basins
Moderator: Ana Maria Daza Clark, University of Edinburgh
